Tuesday morning feel good stories
Two brothers who woke up to an intruder in their home took matters into their own hands Monday morning, beating the suspected burglar with a baseball bat and stabbing him to death, police said.
A 26-year-old man allegedly broke into a house around 2:45 a.m. Monday in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens when he encountered the two brothers, ages 16 and 27, FOX5NYreported.
At least one of the men reportedly confronted the man, hit him with a baseball bat and stabbed him. It was unclear if one or both brothers were involved in the incident.
The homeowner, who did not want to be identified, told ABC15 two armed guys stormed in on Saturday. “I never ever saw these guys before yesterday,” he said.
The man believes the intruders were looking for money. “The instigator…he puts a gun to my head and says (it’s) a good day to die, isn’t it?” the man said. The homeowner says he decided to fight back. “They immediately panicked,” he said. “They didn’t think I was going to resist at all. They underestimated me.”
At one point, the homeowner says he managed to wrestle away one of the intruder’s guns and shot him.
“I gave as good as I got to both of them,” he said. “They’re both taller than me, half my age and they had loaded weapons in my home that they brought, and I shot and killed a man with his own gun.”
The homeowner says the other man, and a woman who was with them escaped out a window. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t confirmed whose gun the homeowner used, nor provided a motive for the break-in. Officials say they are now searching for 34-year-old Aaron Nicholas Ryan and 36-year-old Rachel Faye Ryan in connection with the home invasion.
According to the arrest affidavit, the homeowner was in his office when he heard the alarm go off on his security system. The homeowner said he went to the living room and saw that the door to the garage was open, but thought it was simply blown open by the wind.
Moments later, he told police that he heard the alarm go off again and ran back to see the door handle begin to twist.
The homeowner said that he locked the door, grabbed his gun and opened the garage door. At that point, he said that he saw a man run out of the back of the garage into his back yard.
The affidavit states that the victim followed the alleged suspect, identified as 44-year-old Jared Bennett, and held him at gunpoint.
When they were in front of the house, the affidavit states that Bennett “began to rise up on his hands,” which is when the homeowner “accidentally fired one round into the grass away from [Bennett.]”
Category: Politics
” beating the suspected burglar with a baseball bat and stabbing him to death, police said.”
Well, that didn’t turn out as anticipated for the criminal.
The bat was aluminum. I have no idea whether it was registered or if it conformed to Little League regs. As I understand it, composite bats are not authorized for use in beatings.
some things can really only happen in NY. not only did they beat the guy with a bat, but they stabbed him just to be sure! go Mets!
The AZ story is a pip. I don’t know who that badass is, but, brother, I sure like the way he summarized the situation. He wasn’t armed, until he took one a gun from one of the two intruders and shot him with it!
Reminds me of the old saying “I’ll rip your arm off and beat you with it”
“Rise up on his hands”.
Was the perp on the ground?
Was he standing, and raising his hands?
Enquiring minds, and all that.
Doing push-ups, but his form was not according to regulations.
I wonder when Cuomo will pass a law, in the dead of night, with no public input, saying that you have to register your eeeeeeevil baseball bat, and making it illegal to defend yourself with same.
(Ex-PH2, please have Sis Mary comment on the grammar of the above compound sentence. TY)
Ha! Sister Mary Grace gives you a gold star for using punctuation properly.
Improvise, adapt, overcome!
St. Alban’s Queens NYC – Had us taking the bus from Merrick Road & Linden Blvd shooting up Linden and passing the St. Albans Naval Hospital going to Andrew Jackson H.S. on Francis Lewis Blvd. Memories.